Hi all,
Our rehearsal this coming Sunday (March 16) will end at 6:00pm. There is an MYS Community Concert happening upstairs in the church starting at 7:00pm. I encourage all of you to stay for the concert and support your peers, including MYSfits and MYSticks Percussion. MYS students do not need a ticket to attend Community Concerts.
We did receive PDF materials for James P. Johnson’s “Drums: A Symphonic Poem,” so we will start work on this piece on Sunday. We also received the parts from esperanza’s commissioned piece, but we won’t start rehearsals for that until after spring break. I’ll send PDFs early next week for you to practice with over the break.
Best,
Dr. G.
Rehearsal Plan for Sunday, March 16, 2025
- 4:00pm-5:00pm – James P. Johnson: “Drums”
- 5:00pm-5:10pm: break
- 5:10pm-6:00pm: – Armstrong/Ricketts: Satchmo
[edited 3/14/25] Part Assignments and Practice Parts
Updated part assignments (after leadership auditions) can be accessed here. Latest percussion assignments are here.
Percussionists: The part assignments PDF contains a list of all the percussion needs for this program, but no assignments yet. I’ll check in with Kevin and will keep you posted about this weekend.
For practice PDFs and to consult full scores, please go to our Online Music Library. The password is playmys.
Audio Reference
Check the sidebar of this blog and or access this YouTube playlist. Feel free to research online on your own too!
Happy practicing!
Best,
Dr. G.
MYS Symphony Orchestra | March 2, 2025 | Newmark Theatre | Photo by Richard Kolbell